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TAYLOR HOBSON LTD
GB·27 granted patents·9 pending applications·485 citations·filing 1994–2023
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36 records- 0186US6031928AImage processing apparatus and method of processing height data to obtain image data using gradient data calculated for a plurality of different points of a surface and adjusted in accordance with a selected angle of illuminationTAYLOR HOBSON LTD·Filed 1997·Granted Feb 29, 2000·89 cites·34 claims
- 0284US6327788B1Surface form measurementTAYLOR HOBSON LTD·Filed 1996·Granted Dec 11, 2001·77 cites·54 claims
- 0384US5926781ARoundness measuringTAYLOR HOBSON LTD·Filed 1995·Granted Jul 20, 1999·64 cites·13 claims
- 0483US7755768B2Apparatus for and a method of determining a characteristic of a layer or layersTAYLOR HOBSON LTD·Filed 2007·Granted Jul 13, 2010·19 cites·54 claims
- 0573US6344656B1Surface measuring apparatus having relative displacement between a probe and its carriageTAYLOR HOBSON LTD·Filed 1998·Granted Feb 5, 2002·47 cites·18 claims
- 0673US5740616AMetrological instrument with stylus for traversing workpieceTAYLOR HOBSON LTD·Filed 1994·Granted Apr 21, 1998·39 cites·41 claims
- 0771US7697726B2Interferometer system for and a method of determining a surface characteristic by modifying surface height data using corresponding amplitude dataTAYLOR HOBSON LTD·Filed 2005·Granted Apr 13, 2010·8 cites·22 claims
- 0871US6594532B2Movement control by a metrological instrumentTAYLOR HOBSON LTD·Filed 2001·Granted Jul 15, 2003·18 cites·72 claims
- 0969US7877227B2Surface measurement instrumentTAYLOR HOBSON LTD·Filed 2007·Granted Jan 25, 2011·6 cites·21 claims
- 1065US7668678B2Calibration of a Metrological apparatusTAYLOR HOBSON LTD·Filed 2006·Granted Feb 23, 2010·5 cites·25 claims
- 1163US7948634B2Surface profiling apparatusTAYLOR HOBSON LTD·Filed 2008·Granted May 24, 2011·5 cites·56 claims
- 1262US6629373B1Metrological instrumentTAYLOR HOBSON LTD·Filed 2000·Granted Oct 7, 2003·13 cites·53 claims
- 1359US10352817B2Device and method for geometrically measuring an objectTAYLOR HOBSON LTD·Filed 2015·Granted Jul 16, 2019·1 cites·21 claims
- 1459US7970579B2Apparatus for and a method of determining surface characteristicsTAYLOR HOBSON LTD·Filed 2006·Granted Jun 28, 2011·3 cites·33 claims
- 1558US7385707B2Surface profiling apparatusTAYLOR HOBSON LTD·Filed 2003·Granted Jun 10, 2008·10 cites·36 claims
- 1658US5794498AIn-situ method and apparatus for blocking lensesTAYLOR HOBSON LTD·Filed 1994·Granted Aug 18, 1998·20 cites·15 claims
- 1757US6401349B1Surface measuring apparatusTAYLOR HOBSON LTD·Filed 1996·Granted Jun 11, 2002·24 cites·25 claims
- 1857US2026016294A1A collision protection apparatusTAYLOR HOBSON LTD·Filed 2023·Application pending·0 cites
- 1950US7518733B2Surface profiling apparatusTAYLOR HOBSON LTD·Filed 2003·Granted Apr 14, 2009·7 cites·21 claims
- 2050US6505141B2Transducer circuitTAYLOR HOBSON LTD·Filed 2001·Granted Jan 7, 2003·7 cites·38 claims
- 2149US6345107B1Image processing apparatus and method of processing height data to obtain image data using gradient data calculated for a plurality of different points of a surface and adjusted in accordance with a selected angle of illuminationTAYLOR HOBSON LTD·Filed 1999·Granted Feb 5, 2002·16 cites·33 claims
- 2248US7440116B2Surface profiling apparatus with reference calibrator and method of calibrating sameTAYLOR HOBSON LTD·Filed 2004·Granted Oct 21, 2008·6 cites·35 claims
- 2346US2024377183A1Three-Wavelengths Interferometric Measuring Device And MethodTAYLOR HOBSON LTD·Filed 2022·Application pending·0 cites
- 2444US2023236006A1Interferometric measuring deviceTAYLOR HOBSON LTD·Filed 2021·Application pending·0 cites
- 2541US2015025844A1Surface measurement apparatus and methodTAYLOR HOBSON LTD·Filed 2013·Application pending·0 cites
- 2641US2015025845A1Surface measurement apparatus and methodTAYLOR HOBSON LTD·Filed 2013·Application pending·0 cites
- 2740US8051576B2Metrological apparatus for measuring surface characteristicsTAYLOR HOBSON LTD·Filed 2007·Granted Nov 8, 2011·1 cites·20 claims
- 2840US2015142360A1Metrological apparatus and a method of determining a surface characteristic or characteristicsTAYLOR HOBSON LTD·Filed 2013·Application pending·0 cites
- 2938US2014343893A1Metrological apparatus and a method of determining a surface characteristic or characteristicsTAYLOR HOBSON LTD·Filed 2012·Application pending·0 cites
- 3037US11015916B2Distance measuring arrangement for determining a distance from an objectTAYLOR HOBSON LTD·Filed 2018·Granted May 25, 2021·0 cites·17 claims
- 3137US10371511B2Device and method for geometrically measuring an objectTAYLOR HOBSON LTD·Filed 2015·Granted Aug 6, 2019·0 cites·17 claims
- 3236US2014347660A1Metrological apparatusTAYLOR HOBSON LTD·Filed 2012·Application pending·0 cites
- 3322US2015012245A1Measurement apparatus and methodTAYLOR HOBSON LTD·Filed 2013·Application pending·0 cites
- 3421US10533833B2Method and apparatus for characterising instrument errorTAYLOR HOBSON LTD·Filed 2015·Granted Jan 14, 2020·0 cites·20 claims
- 3519USD439850SMetrological instrumentTAYLOR HOBSON LTD·Filed 1999·Granted Apr 3, 2001·0 cites·1 claims
- 3610US6450016B1Stylus support assembly with flexed ligament hingeTAYLOR HOBSON LTD·Filed 1998·Granted Sep 17, 2002·0 cites·14 claims
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